This federally-funded health ecosystem—public health, biomedical research, clinical trials, and drug approval—will all be affected by recent personnel cuts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

When volcanoes like Alaska’s Mount Spurr erupt, the ash can damage people’s lungs, smother crops and kill animals, and the harm can continue to spread long afterward.

Changes to the landscape and pollution have harmed this vital ecosystem known as the ‘river of grass.’

Fifteen years ago, I found myself throwing oranges off bridges in an attempt to understand the hydrodynamics of Mobile Bay. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig had just exploded and sunk into the Gulf of...

Fifteen years ago, I found myself throwing oranges off bridges in an attempt to understand the hydrodynamics of Mobile Bay. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig had just exploded and sunk into the Gulf of...

These images show how climate change affects people around the US.

Without academic freedom, institutions of higher education risk becoming mere factories of conformity, serving up ideas that meet the demands of political or industry agendas, rather than serving a greater public good.

In the young Jack Pine forests of northern Michigan, Nathan Cooper sometimes comes across an individual bird that he last saw weeks earlier in the Bahamas. The chance to have these repeat encounters...

In the young Jack Pine forests of northern Michigan, Nathan Cooper sometimes comes across an individual bird that he last saw weeks earlier in the Bahamas. The chance to have these repeat encounters...

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded: A tragedy taking 11 lives, injuring 17, and sending 210 million gallons of crude gushing into the Gulf. The effects of the resulting oil...

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded: A tragedy taking 11 lives, injuring 17, and sending 210 million gallons of crude gushing into the Gulf. The effects of the resulting oil...